FC Bayern München vs Hamburger SV Match Report

There's no other way around it. A scoreline like today's can leave you beyond giddy and unable to talk of anything other than Bayern for hours afterwards, wrapped up in a haze of pure football joy. However, when one has delusions of grandeur and blogdom, one must take a step back and look at things as they were. With a 5:0 scoreline, the question usually becomes, was it Bayern's game to win or HSV's game to lose?

I'm inclined to say that it was a bit of both. I thought HSV looked fairly good during the pre-season but they're clearly a case of too much restructuring leaving them right back where they started - hapless and disorganized.

However, and this was a sticking point with me after the mid-week CL match, Bayern showed themselves to be every bit as aggressive as they need to be going forward. We already we know we can maintain possession, gold stars all around for possession football, but today we showed the doubters that yes, we still actually know what to do with it. Will this stand up against a tougher, better organized opponent? FC Zürich is hardly that but if we capitalize on the sort of chances that we failed to take advantage of in the first leg, I will be feeling much better about the future.

A few matters of note:

→ How did we all feel seeing Olic on the pitch and scoring again? I, for one, have missed that sight dearly.

→ Rafinha has clicked remarkably well with the team very fast. His enthusiasm is admirable - it's nice to see a new player clearly love being here as much as he does.

→ did anyone else find watching Manuel Neuer to be something of a comedy show today? He was wandering around with absolutely nothing to do, it was hysterical. I think at one point he was actually pacing in circles.